Grave-vault.



PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. L. WILLIAMS & H. C. BRENNEGKE. I. G. WILLIAMS, ADMINISTRATOR or L; WILLIAMS, DECEASED.

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N MWW GRAVE-VAULT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1906.

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' UNITED srarnsra'rnn'r QFFICE.

how-it may concern;- g

that'Lonmeii Wrnnmns and HERMAN O. BRENNECKE, citizens of the United-States, residing at Doe Run, in the 5. countjeofSt-Francois and State of Missouri,

have inventedanew and useful Grave-Vault, iof which-the following is a specification.

This .,.invention' relates more particularly to gravevaults, but is clearly j applicable to other purposes.

- x r l a The principal object isto'p'rovide a novel structure made of parts that-can be-readily molded and easily assembled, the vault being so arranged that when the parts are assembled, the joints can be eiie'ctivelysealed.

'In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a'perspe'ctive v ew of the. preferred form of construction. 2 is a cross sectional view,theretln'ough; -Fig. 3is a horizontal sectionalview. Fig. '4 is a vertical longitu'-- dinal sectional view. Fig. '5--is"a perspective viewof one of the end walls. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the hanger devices.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in, all the figures of the drawings, I h In the embodiment illustrated, abottom 7-is employed provided on its underside with transverse supporting "and strengthening ribs- 8, and having grooves 9 the upper sides conti u'ous 'to the margins. The bot? tom is furthermore rabbetedl'lrlong the inner sides of the channels, form' g cement-receiving channels 11 located a1 ng the inner l sides'of said-grooves.

Side walls 12 and end walls 13 have their .lower edges fitted in the grooves 9, and have their ends beveled and, abutted, as shown at 141 These side and end walls furthermore have the end and upper margins of their inner faces rabbeted, prqducingnhised portions 15 terminating short of the beveled ends and having right singularly dis osed end walls,

so the upper edges of the side and end walls,

forming shoulders, the shoulders of the side walls being designated 18, and those of the the inner corners 16 being a utted, as shown in Fig. 3.- As a result, mclo'sed cement receiving channels 17 are formed at the corners of the structure b 'v the abutted ends of the raised portions and walls; v The upper edges of the raised portions 15"ter1flinate shortof end walls having angular'ly disposed por;

tions' designated 19.

5 A cover or top is arranged to rest upon the :enavn vauur.

, Specification of Letters Patent. l Application filed March 30,1906. .Serial No. 308.908.

inside and shipped in the flat.

toaster; ILL aMsAN IHEa AN c. Bennaomi, or DOE nun, nssouar; JOHN e.v tLmnsflannrls s'rnaron-or sun.LonmcK-wILLmMs v mele Dee. e1 ree /X shoulders 18 and '19, said 'cover or top'conr prising sections 20, resting respectively on the angularly disposed portions 19 of the end walls, and consequently being arranged in angular relation, as 'will be apparent by ref erence to Fig. 2; The cover or top sections are provided with longitudinally disposed upstanding portions 21., terminatingshort of the side and end edges of said sections.

Consequently when the cover or top sections are in place, with their inner edges abutted, .a cement-receiving channel 22 is'vformed be tween them, and cement-receiving"channels.

23 ar e formed between the panels 21 and the upstanding portions of the side and end' walls.

The various walls, top and bottom are preferably formed of cementitious material, and are reinforced by sheets or cores ol' wire netting 34-. The side and end walls, as well as the top sectirms are t'iirthei'hiore provided with hangers 25, pr ei'erahly in the form of looped wires or rods, that are embedded in the wallsand project above the same, being provided 'ith oil'setanchor terminals 26,

In practice, the various )arts will of course be molded separately, an the vault. will be In using the same, the bottom is first lowered into the grave b3 straps passed beneath it. The su porting ribs 8 permit the withdrawal oisa d straps and constitute reinforcements. for the bottom. Thesideand'end walls 7. are then lowered into position, the hangers 25 being employed for this pur ose, and after said walls have been proper v located, cement is placed in'thechannels 11, the outer wallsot which are the side and end walls. The cevinent is also introduced into" the grooves-or channels 17, and thereby the various oints are p'roperlv sealed. To close the vault, the cover sections-are placed in position, and are finally sealed by ce {rentplaced in the grooves 22 and23 thereof. It will be ap )are it that the structure is-exceedingly simp e, the parts are such that they may be readily manufactured and assembled, and at the same tinie. when set up, the joints can be prope'rl "seal ed. While theinvenlion is particularly intended for grave iva'ults, it is clearly applicable for use in other relations. From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, 7 and many advancages of the herein described invention, will out furtherdescription, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proport on, and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 4

, Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

p 1. In a vault, the combination with a bottom, of angularly disposed side walls having abutted-end portions, and inwardly extending raised portions disposed longitudinally of the walls and ter'minating short of the abut ted ends thereof, said portions having their.

20 side walls having shoulders on their inner sides below their upper'edges,lof end walls having shoulders on their-inner sides below their upper edges, said end wall shoulders" having portions disposed in angular relation, and angularly disposed longitudinal cover sections resting upon the shoulders of-the side andend walls, and having-raised p'ortions terminating. shortof the edges of the sections, and, with the upper margins of the side and end walls, forming cement-receiving grooves.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

LODBICK WILLIAMS. 1 HERMAN o. BRENNECKE.

. -W'itnesses ISAAC Cnoss,

A. Downs. 

